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Clinical Trials/PACTR202204787113528
PACTR202204787113528Not yet recruitingPhase 3

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY AND CRYOTHERAPY ON POST-ENDODONTIC PAIN - A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIA

ODUKOYA ALABI ADETOUN OLUWAFEMI0 sites105 target enrollmentStarted: April 7, 2022Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 3
Status
Not yet recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
105

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
19 Year(s) to 44 Year(s) (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Subjects who are willing to give informed consent and abide by the protocol of the research
  • Well-motivated subjects
  • Permanent teeth (except third molars) with matured apex
  • Carious permanent teeth (except third molars) with symptoms of irreversible pulpitis
  • Carious permanent teeth (except third molars) with acute apical periodontitis characterised by tenderness to percussion clinically. Radiographically, normal periodontal ligament space and lamina dura
  • Carious permanent teeth (except third molars) with acute apical periodontitis characterised by tenderness to percussion clinically. Radiographically, loss of lamina dura around the apex and periodontal ligament space widening
  • Carious permanent teeth (except third molars) with acute apical periodontitis characterised by tenderness to percussion clinically. Radiographically, small sized periapical radiolucency and loss of lamina dura.
  • Symptomatic carious permanent teeth (except third molars) requiring single-visit root canal treatment

Exclusion Criteria

  • Subjects that are chronically ill that cannot tolerate a long dental procedure
  • Subjects with poorly controlled systemic conditions like poorly-controlled hypertension or diabetes
  • Pregnant females
  • Uncooperative patients
  • Patients with poor oral hygiene that cannot be improved within a limited time
  • Teeth with insufficient periodontal support
  • Teeth that cannot be restored to function
  • Subjects who have taken analgesics within 3 days before treatment commences
  • Previous root canal treatment
  • Teeth with weeping canals
  • Teeth with curved roots
  • Teeth with difficulty in determining the working length
  • Patients with complications during treatment such as broken files, over-instrumentation, overfilling, or incomplete filling
  • Permanent teeth with clinical and radiographical anomalies and anatomical variations

Investigators

Sponsor
ODUKOYA ALABI ADETOUN OLUWAFEMI

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